In September 2019, Gridworks published, California’s Gas System in Transition: Equitable, Affordable, Decarbonized and Smaller. The paper noted that electrification of buildings in California would reduce throughput (the volume delivered) over the gas system. Doing so could result in increased gas rates for those who don’t electrify as utilities would need to recover the fixed […]
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Microgrid policy discussions are picking up in legislatures and PUCs across the West. Particular emphasis is being placed on addressing resiliency and reliability issues in light of increasing climate change-driven natural disasters and capacity shortfalls. Developments in states like California and Hawaii, the only two states with microgrid tariffs, offer an opportunity for other jurisdictions […]
Last month Gridworks urged the Department of Energy to continue the work of Vehicle Grid Integration, identifying 10 specific gaps that need to be filled to plug-in millions of new electric vehicles at the least cost and emissions. Gridworks applauds the DOE for calling the question on VGI, a target rich environment in need of national […]
Gridworks has been broadening its horizons, supporting the Public Regulation Commission of New Mexico to update its interconnection process and thereby ease customer adoption of distributed energy resources. The update process began in March 2021 with biweekly working group meetings involving over 60 stakeholders. Gridworks has facilitated the work of industry and utility stakeholders to […]
This post is the third in a series on Gridworks’ project on high road labor standards in transportation electrification. Check out our earlier post here. To better understand high road standards and their application to zero-emission transportation, Gridworks convened an Advisory Committee composed of representatives of California state agencies, labor, environmental advocates, and environmental justice […]
We’re thrilled to share good news: yesterday the California Energy Commission invested new funds in Gridworks to advance the transition of the California gas system toward a clean energy future. Together with our partners at E3, East Bay Community Energy, and Pacific Gas & Electric, Gridworks will engage leading stakeholders to identify opportunities and barriers […]
Gridworks draws strength from the exceptional expertise and dedication of its people. Today we profile Mike Florio, Senior Fellow. Mike Florio has served the state of California with great distinction in the area of utility regulation and policy for over four decades. As a senior attorney with The Utility Reform Network (TURN) beginning in 1978, […]
Friends, Today’s newsletter brings inspiration as Gridworks celebrates the accomplishments of Solar for HER, a group of volunteers working to bring solar power to school girls in a far-flung mountainous area of Pakistan. This effort is led in part by Gridworks’ amazing project manager, Rehana Aziz. Public School for Girls in Pakistan This is the […]
“Deliberate policy interventions are necessary in order to advance job quality and social equity as California transitions to a carbon-neutral economy, just as such efforts are required to reduce pollution, protect human and environmental health, and to safeguard communities from an already-changing climate.” Tim Rainey (Executive Director for the California Workforce Development Board) and Kate […]
Gridworks draws strength from the exceptional expertise and dedication of its people. Today we profile Arthur Haubenstock, Senior Fellow. Long before joining Gridworks, Arthur — an attorney by training, mediator by birth order — had made a habit of taking on intractable problems. His first essay to win a prize, at age 10, urged everyone to value the environment; in […]
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